PMHS-Civics - Final Exam Review

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Civics Concepts - Final Review STUDENT.doc

Unit 1	Vocabulary Terms
Chapter 1	Principles of Government
	government
	legislative power
	executive power
	judicial power
	constitution
	dictatorship
	democracy
	state
	sovereign
	autocracy
	oligarchy
	unitary government
	federal government
	division of powers
	confederation
	presidential government
	parliamentary government
	compromise
	citizen
Chapter 2	Origins of American Government
	limited government
	representative government
	Magna Carta
	due process
	charter
	bicameral
	unicameral
	delegate
	popular sovereignty
	Articles of Confederation
	ratification
	Framers
	Virginia Plan
	New Jersey Plan
	Connecticut Compromise
	Three-Fifths Compromise
	Federalist
	Anti-Federalist
Chapter 3	The Constitution
	popular sovereignty
	limited government
	constitutionalism
	rule of law
	separation of powers
	checks and balances
	veto
	judicial review
	unconstitutional
	amendment
	Bill of Rights
	executive agreement
	treaty
Chapter 4	Federalism
	federalism
	delegated powers
	expressed powers
	implied powers
	reserved powers
	concurrent powers
	Supremacy Clause
	Full Faith and Credit Clause
	extradition
Unit 2
Chapter 5	Political Parties
	political party
	Ideology
	political spectrum
	platform
	partisanship
	bipartisan
	consensus
	coalition
	one-party system
	two-party system
	multiparty system
	proportional representation
	incumbent
	precinct
	Big Tent Philosophy
Chapter 6	Voters and Voter Behavior
	suffrage
	electorate
	disenfranchised
	poll tax
	grandfather clause
	registration
	gerrymandering
	off-year election
	political efficacy
	gender gap
	party identification
	straight-line ticket voting
	split-ticket voting
	independent
	absentee ballot
Chapter 7	The Electoral Process
	nomination
	general election
	balancing the ticket
	caucus
	closed primary
	open primary
	Super Tuesday
	national convention
	ballot
	absentee voting
	coattail effect
	precinct
	political action committee (PAC)
	Super PAC
	subsidy
	hard money
	soft money
	Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Chapter 8	Mass Media and Public Opinion
	public opinion
	mass media
	propaganda
	interest group
	public opinion poll
	sample
	margin of error (MoE)
Chapter 9	Interest Groups
	interest group
	public policy
	labor union
	lobbying
	lobbyists
	grass-roots
Unit 3
Chapter 10	Congress
	bicameral
	term
	session
	convene
	adjourn
	reapportion
	off-year election
	incumbent
	constituency
	bill
Chapter 11	Powers of Congress
	copyright
	patent
	eminent domain
	naturalization
	Necessary and Proper Clause
	strict constructionist
	loose constructionist
	consensus
	impeach
	subpoena
Chapter 12	Congress in Action
	Speaker of the House
	President of the Senate
	President pro tempore
	majority leader
	minority leader
	whip
	committee chairman
	seniority rule
	standing committee
	rider
	quorum
	filibuster
	cloture
	veto
	pocket veto
Unit 4
Chapter 13	The Presidency
	chief executive
	commander in chief
	Presidential Succession Act of 1947
	balance the ticket
	electoral vote
	electoral college
	presidential primary
	winner-take-all
	caucus
	national convention
	platform
	keynote address
	swing voter
	battleground state
	direct popular election
Chapter 14	The Presidency
	executive order
	executive privilege
	treaty
	executive agreement
	recognition
	pocket veto
	line-item veto
	reprieve
	pardon
	amnesty
Chapter 15	The Bureacracy
	bureaucracy
	bureaucrat
	administration
	Executive Office of the President
	Federal budget
	Fiscal year
	domestic affairs
	executive departments
	civilian
	secretary
	attorney general
	independent agency
	independent executive agency
	civil service
	draft
Unit 5
Chapter 18	The Federal Court System
	inferior courts
	jurisdiction
	plaintiff
	defendant
	original jurisdiction
	appellate jurisdiction
	judicial restraint
	precedent
	judicial activism
	criminal case
	civil case
	writ of certiorari
	brief
	majority opinion
	concurring opinion
	dissenting opinion
Chapter 19	Civil Liberties - First Amendment
	Bill of Rights
	civil liberties
	civil rights
	Establishment Clause
	Free Exercise Clause
	libel
	slander
	prior restraint
	injunction
	shield law
	symbolic speech
	petition
	civil disobedience
Chapter 20	Civil Liberties - Protecting Individual Rights
	due process
	search warrant
	discrimination
	probable cause
	writ of habeas corpus
	bill of attainder
	ex post facto law
	grand jury
	indictment
	double jeopardy
	Miranda Rule
	bail
	capital punishment
	treason
Chapter 21	Civil Rights - Equal Justice Under Law
	segregation
	Jim Crow
	separate-but-equal doctrine
	affirmative action
	quota
	reverse discrimination
	citizen
	naturalization
	alien